Nature Arbhors a Vaccuum

Western Rome fell on August 24, 410 A.D. When the Visigothic Warrior, Alaric surrounded Rome and starved the citizens. Whatever population that was left was decreased significantly by diseases. Western Europe was impacted greatly by the fall of Rome. Western Europe was nothing without Rome, it deteriorated quickly and became a region of war and anarchy. Western Europe entered a period of Dark Ages which is a period of time when innovation and technology stop. In this period of time a series of invasions and changes of leadership occurred. All though Western Europe was impacted negatively the eastern part of Rome the Byzantine empire wasn't impacted in a major way. The Byzantines had a great location where they were protected and had great trade connections in which they received luxuries not many others had in the time of war. For this reason the Byzantine empire flourished. The power void after the fall of Ancient Rome was not filled by one big element but was filled by several elements occurring over a period of time that then filled the absence of power. Over a period of time Germanic tribes, Christianity, War, Feudalism and Monarchies filled the power void after the fall of Rome.

Our model of the power vacuum is like an elevator, it is a wooden box that lies horizontally, with five wooden boards with the elements that filled the vacuum, portrayed with models displayed on the boards. These boards then get pulled up to explain. Three elements that we have in our model that filled the void of power after Rome are Christianity, Germanic tribes and Feudalism. Christianity is portrayed with a model Christian church which represents the power that the church had over people. Germanic tribes are represented with a Viking hat because the Vikings were a Germanic tribe that we're feared all over the Mediterranean. It is also portrayed with a Viking hat because the wardrobe of the Vikings was similar to what many other Germanic tribes were dressed in. Finally Feudalism has a model of the hierarchy that it was based upon. Peasants were on the bottom then on wooden blocks two knights are shown and then there is a Lord on top. These models connect to my thesis because it shows that their wasn't just one big element that filled the power vacuum, but there were several elements that contributed.

The major elements which filled the power vacuum of Rome were Germanic tribes, Christianity, War, Feudalism and